The Fiction prompt in the March/April 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine is called “Family Recipe.” The prompt uses (assoc. link)Gingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi as inspiration and says, “a mysteriously powerful homemade gingerbread wends its way like a spell through multiple generations of friendships and familial relationships. At times it plays an integral role in the alienating forcesContinue reading “Integral Ingredient of Poetry”
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Hypnagogic Poetry
The Jan/Feb 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine has an article called “The Hour Between Dog and Wolf” by Melissa Burkley that talks about hypnagogia, a term for the “mental twilight” during the first few minutes of sleep and when we’re just waking up when we experience dream imagery and enough conscious control to remember it. Edison wasContinue reading “Hypnagogic Poetry”
Poetry’s Gravity
In the fourteenth annual look at debut poets called “Wilder Forms” in the Jan/Feb 2019 Poets&Writers Magazine I read, “For all the gravity of the poets’ concerns, though, there is also a sense of play and invention throughout their work.” The idea of a poem—a poet’s concerns—having gravity, holding things to it, creating orbits stuckContinue reading “Poetry’s Gravity”
Psycho Kitty Poetry
As a reward for my first bingo on my rejection letter bingo card, I bought myself: (assoc. links) the Magnetic Poetry Original Kit, Metal Easel Board, and the Psycho Kitty Magnetic Word Kit. I had a lot of fun playing with them yesterday. Here is one of my creations: I also set up a newContinue reading “Psycho Kitty Poetry”
Poetry Focus
Today’s word from the Nov/Dec 2018 Poets&Writers Magazine is Focus. This issue had a section called “Focus in on Literary Magazines” that included three articles: one on the dawn of digital submissions; one on magazine contracts; and one on increasing diverse representation. My intense focus on poetry and poetry submissions for the first quarter ofContinue reading “Poetry Focus”
A New Year, A New Look for 2024
New Theme Here we are in a new year and I finally found a new WordPress theme that I think will work with Experience Writing. I’m trying “Hever” which is supposed to adapt across devices, moved all the widgets to the footer, and most importantly, doesn’t have that weird text overlap spacing issue with headersContinue reading “A New Year, A New Look for 2024”
Author Interview with Diana Rose Wilson – November: It’s not just #NaNoWriMo. Don’t forget #Movember.
Last month, author Diana Rose Wilson shared her great writing tips and tricks in her guest post Be Outrageous! Now, just in time for her favorite holiday, Halloween, she has agreed to answer my questions about her writing, her websites and her love of mustaches. We met at the Pacific Northwest Writer’s Conference (#PNWC16), soContinue reading “Author Interview with Diana Rose Wilson – November: It’s not just #NaNoWriMo. Don’t forget #Movember.”
Beware The Creeping Nouns
I am reading A Writer’s Coach: The Complete Guide to Writing Strategies That Work by Jack Hart. Though it is geared toward journalism, the information is useful and inspiring for my fiction. One sign of a skilled writer is avoiding redundancy. Mr. Hart uses the analogy of felling a tree. The skilled woodsman takes efficientContinue reading “Beware The Creeping Nouns”
About Writing: Guest post by Michael Onofrey
The urge to write is what got me into writing fiction, or trying to write fiction. And by “urge” I mean a feeling that I want to write. This was what motivated me and what continues to motivate me. I don’t think this is unusual—the urge to write. A lot of people have it. ButContinue reading “About Writing: Guest post by Michael Onofrey”
A Change of Scenery: Hiking for Writers
This winter has been wonderfully warm and spring-like in my neck of the woods, so I’ve been going on some fun walks. Thanks to a post by harrybipedhiking, a local blogger, I recently discovered Ravensdale Retreat. This place is an amazing contradiction–A beautiful forest with a little stream that runs through it, packed between aContinue reading “A Change of Scenery: Hiking for Writers”
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